May 2016 Babies

Concieving after being on the pill

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Lfisher2016 wrote:

My husband and I decided this month that we're ready to give our son a buddy. I just stopped the pill this month and know that we had sex everyday leading up to ovulation. I was feeling pretty good about potentially getting pregnant the first month off of birth control, but now I'm reading a lot about a link between miscarriages and conceiving so soon after going off the pill.

How long did it take you to conceive (for second/third time mothers) after coming off the pill? And has anyone suffered a loss after conceiving so quickly after going off the pill?

I came off the pill a few months before DS1, came off pill mid packet with DS2, had a bleed then fell the following month, have just come off pill after last bleed end of June and we are trying this month for #3, never heard the rumours you mention, fingers crossed they are not true

Ds1 happened immediately after I stopped my pill. I had a great, non-eventful pregnancy and have a very healthy little boy. Just went to my ob to talk about birth control and trying again soon. She said to have a month or two off the pill bc it could increase your chances of multiples. First time I ever heard that but she said nothing about increasing risk of miscarriage.

my doctor has told me it could increase risk of miscarriage if too soon after the pill because of something like the lining of your uterus may need time to restrengthen after getting off? something along those lines. i am a worry wort so i always go by the better safe than sorry approach myself

My May baby is my second and I got pregnant 3 weeks after getting off the pill. Everyone kept telling me it was going to take maybe 1-3 months to conceive since I had been on the pill for 7 years (after my first baby). That was not the case, 3 weeks and bam. Pregnant. Lol. Baby was born/is a healthy boy.

With my first, I think it was 3-4 months before we conceived, but the timing never seemed quite right when considering likely ovulation. Now I'm 10 weeks with #2 -- I never had a cycle after coming off the pill this time around. Fingers crossed all things go well! I've had a minor bleed from a subchorionic hematoma, so I'll get another ultrasound in 2 weeks to check on that. Otherwise it seems to be a healthy pregnancy so far :)

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. I started freaking myself out by reading another thread of mom's who suffered losses and the link between them was conceiving so quickly after coming off the pill. It's funny, with my first I was in no rush to conceive, and now with the second I'm so eager I can hardly wait to take that pregnancy test!

I conceived my first while on the pill I had a misscarrage with that one but no one knows if it was because of the pill or not. But I also continued to take the pill till I found out I was pregant. It took two months then I got pregnant with my may baby. I would talk to your doctor just to get a medical opinion on it

I had been on the pill for 10 years when my husband and I got married. I stopped taking the pill the day after our wedding. Started my period the following day and then conceived our oldest son two weeks later on our honeymoon.

I had gotten off the pill and 1 month after I got pregnant but unfortunately I had a miscarriage. Thankfully, 2 months after I got pregnant w my son. ... good luck, I am also trying for baby number 2. I just got off the pill last month.

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